http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence Discussion: NEGLIGENCE http://www.blogcatalog.com/http://www.blogcatalog.com/css/images/logo2.gif Copyright 2005-2007 BlogCatalog.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:51:21 -0600 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1018176 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1018176 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:58:28 -0500 Stillthinking A former coworker of mine said Arizona does as well.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1018173 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1018173 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:55:54 -0500 ArsenicCookies all commonwealth states do: Kentucky, Massacussetts, Virginia & Pennsylvania.

Florida, Nevada and Maryland also bill.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1018070 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1018070 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:04:04 -0500 hokamp76 Hmmm! Can you name the States? I live in Illinois.

Thanks for answering, Stillthinking.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017526 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017526 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:41:03 -0500 Stillthinking Quite a few states require you to pay for your own rescue if it is a result of your own negligence.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017519 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017519 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:34:49 -0500 TheHeathen It definitely makes sense to bill a person for the cost of their negligence, but like EndlesslySheSaid said, that is usually impossible. Bottom line, either we take on the cost of their negligence, or we let them drown? A posthumous Darwin Award to console the grieving family? :P

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017503 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017503 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:27:03 -0500 ArsenicCookies Sometimes we do. In Pennsylvania, since we are a commonwealth negligence almost always gets you billed. The only issue with it is how many people would file bankruptcy to avoid it since most of the billable offenses are large amounts

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017501 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017501 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:28:02 -0500 timethief @hokamp76

I wasn't exactly sure what you were getting at. You're welcome.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017496 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017496 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:22:44 -0500 hokamp76 Time Thief lives in Canada. Different laws than in the U.S.

Thanks for answering, my friend.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017494 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017494 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:22:43 -0500 harveyavatar Indeed, it is not quite of the same order.

Yet our pockets have been almost emptied by this "negligence", and we will only stop being shaken hanging upside down when the last penny hath dropped.

As to your question, I think a measured approach is probably best. :)

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017489 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017489 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:19:28 -0500 hokamp76 "Defying common sense" - that's what I was after. Good thinkin'. I have no interest in those earthlings in our Congress. I'm refering to the average person in our Society who "defy common sense" and make us pay for their negligence from day to day, week to week and year to year.

Thanks for answerng, my friend.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017477 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017477 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:12:17 -0500 hokamp76 Asset bubbles ultimately lead to severe market corrections. My question has to do with individual negligence - short-term. Your post is associated with more than one person. As a result, long term consequences, whether they be good or bad.

Thanks for answering, my friend.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017475 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017475 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:11:07 -0500 harveyavatar That was authentically besides the point.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017474 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017474 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:14:18 -0500 timethief Oops! I missed typing some words in my last sentence above. It should have read:

Because sharing it here, on this social forum provided for a diverse community of bloggers from all over the world, means you are choosing the least effective means possible for securing legislated changes to your own system of governance.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017470 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017470 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:58:11 -0500 mizzeboni I completely agree with you, but the only thing is that its the same thing as Time Thief said, I thought they were billed! I have never heard of someone that had all that done and not be billed for it.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017467 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017467 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:04:08 -0500 timethief

I don't know where you live but I live in Canada. Here people who are into extreme sports and who for example, ski or snowboard or dive off cliffs in areas that are posted as being "out-of-bounds - access prohibited" are rescued, and then they are billed for the full cost of the rescue for defying common sense and signage that stated access was prohibited. On top of that they are banned from skiing or snowboarding and or diving and swimming at such sites ever again.

However, if you are referring to American politics and the bailouts, then I suggest that you contact your elected representatives and share your POV with them. Because sharing it means you are choosing the least effective means possible for securing legislated changes to your system of governance.

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017439 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017439 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:53:57 -0500 harveyavatar Should those who were "negligent" enough to set up a debt based money system in the US in 1913 pay for having since devalued the $ by 95 per cent? No small change.

http://inflation.us/videos.html

]]> http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017406 http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/negligence#comment_1017406 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:58:28 -0500 hokamp76

Should people who are NEGLIGENT pay $$$ to the source that helps them rectify a wrong? Example: Someone being told not to do something and the person does it anyway, such as driving through water on a highway. The person almost drowns. A helicopter shows up. The person is rescued. Bottom-line: It cost $25,000 to rescue the person. Where does the $$$ come from? Our pockets!

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